On the recordOctober 4, 2001
the Sherwood-Etheridge-McHugh amendment to the farm bill would implement provisions of H.R. 1827, the Dairy Consumers and Producers Protection Act of 2001, a very bipartisan measure sponsored by 165 Members of the House representing 30 sites in the country. This amendment allows the expansion and the extension of the Northeast Dairy Compact, which expired on September 30, and the creation of a Southern Dairy Compact, a Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact, and an Intermountain Dairy Compact. Dairy compacts are good for our farmers, they are good for our consumers and our Nation for several reasons: They operate at no cost to taxpayers; they are constitutional; they enjoy strong support in Congress; and in the 25 States in which they have been overwhelmingly passed, the vote was over 5,000 to 300 for. They keep dairy farmers producing high-quality milk our consumers demand at a stable and affordable price.
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